Jury to Decide Degler Murder Case After Denied Acquittal Request
The court refused to direct a verdict of acquittal for John Frank Degler in the twelve year old slaying of his father. Prosecutors contend Degler threatened his father and the jury must weigh circumstantial evidence linking him to the murder at Hershey Avenue. The trial drew a large crowd as Judge D V Jackson overruled the defense motion and allowed the case to proceed.
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John Frank Degler
District Court
D. V. Jackson
H. G. Thompson
C. R. Stafford
W. S. Norton
Hershey Avenue
John Degler
Jackson
Thompson
Bar
Young Degler
Mail Train Robbery Repeats Along Illinois Route
Cairo in December reports the Illinois Central mail car on train No 9 robbed between Cairo and Centralia for the fourth time in about three months. The car carried only second class matter such as papers and magazines. No valuables were taken and no mail clerks were aboard. A man allegedly boarded the train, forced a door, found nothing of value, and abandoned the attempt.
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Cairo
Ill
Hainois
Tommy OConnor Death-Delay Denied by Illinois Court
Springfield Ill Dec 9 The Illinois Supreme Court denied further delay of the execution for Tommy OConnor sentenced to hang in Chicago on Dec 15 for the murder of Detective Patrick ONeill Chief Justice Stone ruled the state court lacks jurisdiction and sent counsel back to the Cook County criminal court.
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Springfield
Ill
Tommy O'Connor
Chicago
Patrick O'Neill
State Supreme Court
Federal Supreme Court
Stone
Criminal Court of
Cook Country
Pendulum Swings Back To Defense In Murder Trial
In a Muscatine district court murder trial involving John Frank Degier a clash over evidence emerges. State witness John Henderson testifies Degier threatened his father and possessed a revolver at the Mule Barn in October 1909. Defense witnesses dispute the plant’s operation and Degier’s employment during that period.
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John Frank Degier
John Henderson
Pawhuska
Okla
Muscatine
Degler
Degier
Dezler
D. S. McDermid
Muscatine Button Company
W. C. Fuhliman
Japan Schism Delays Treaty Steps as Talks Pause
Washington reports the Far Eastern committee adjourned with naval ratio decisions and four power treaty pending Japans stance. Japanese Chinese talks on Shantung continue while Pacific fortifications gain prominence amid hopes for abandoning island defenses and broader agreement. France and Britain reportedly favor the plan with France expected to accept the quadruple Pacific accord shortly.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Far Eastern Committee
Shantung
China
Pacific Islands
Pacific
France
Paris
M. Viviani
Washington
East West Contrast Noted By Western-Themed Preacher
Gilbert B Traveller of Cimarron New Mexico a Methodist circuit rider attending a convention in Chicago contrasts the east and west saying the wild east offers more excitement than the west where moonshine killings are rare and families stay closer to home. He covers a 2000 mile circuit and notes westward steadiness.
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Chicago
Ill
Gilbert B. Traveller
Cimarron
N. M
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Convention
State
Madison
Senator Watson Flays Major in Senate Hearing
The Senate committee investigating charges that soldiers were hanged in France nearly erupted when Senator Watson of Georgia threatened to slap Major G. D. Cohen. Chairman Brandegee ordered Watson to sit, warning against insults in the hearing.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee
Watson
Georgia
France
Bandegee
G. D
Premier Briand Invited To London Conference On Reparations
Paris and London discuss Wiesbaden agreement and reparations in kind from Germany. French minister Louis Loucheur carries invitation to Premier Briand for talks with Prime Minister Lloyd George. British cabinet undecided on a moratorium as market nerves ease and the German mark rallies.
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Associated Press
London
Briand
France
Lloyd George
Wiesbaden
Germany
Robert Horne
Louis Loucheur
Walter Rathenau
M. Loucheur
Sir Robert
Paris
Midwestern Strike Upsurge Tops Violence At Stockyards
Rioting spreads from Chicago to East St. Louis and Omaha as police report a stockyards death and widespread injuries. George Pyle, 35, dies from a gunshot after bricks were thrown at an officer. Moonshine liquor and snipers aggravate clashes as seven thousand marchers are expected in Kansas City.
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Chicago
Ill
George Pyle
Pyle
Middle West
East St. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
Amalgamated Meat Cutters‘and Butcher Workmen of America
pickd@iing
Prohibition
Morris and Company
Dennis Lane
Butcher Workmen's Union
2 000 Texans Joined Ku Klux Klan In Houston
In Houston on December 9 more than 2,000 new members were inducted into the Ku Klux Klan at a prairie ceremony. An estimated 5 000 to 6 000 Klansmen in white regalia attended the three hour event.
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Houston
Tex
Ku Klux Klan of
Here
Ku Klux
One Arrested as Bomber Suspect in Wall Street Explosion
Omaha police report the arrest of Mike Stine as a bomber suspect in the Sept 15 1920 Wall Street explosion. An unsigned note led to the arrest and Chief Van Deusen asserts Stine was in Omaha on that date and connected to a carnival wrestling match. Stine is described as a professional wrestler.
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Omaha
Neb
Mike Stine
Wall Street
Charles van Deusen
Stine
Fair Weather Across Iowa and Illinois This Weekend
Iowa reports fair conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer temps expected tonight. Illinois also sees fair skies with rising temperatures tonight and in the southern portion of Saturday.
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Iowa
Illinois
General Agreement Covers All Far Eastern Questions
Washington dec 9 all questions on battleship construction submarines fortifications and Far Eastern issues are tied into a general agreement. The plan includes bids to limit fortifications in the Pacific a submarine accord and rules for Chinese and Pacific problems as discussed with Kotaro Mochizuki and President Harding.
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Washington
Pacific
Kotaro Mochizuki
Harding
White House
Honor Bound to Support Pact as Irish Plenipotentiaries Lead
Dublin papers praise the five Irish plenipotentiaries who secured a treaty with Britain and urge national honor to uphold their action. The Irish Times and Freeman's Journal back the pact while De Valera's stance draws mixed reactions. Ulster premier Sir James Craig travels to London to meet Lloyd George amid mounting interest.
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The
Freeman's Journal
Dail Eireann
Ireland
de Valera
London
Daily Mirror
Ulster
James Craig
Belfast
Lloyd George
Prison Escape Shocks Arkansas Prison Slaughter Leads Coup
Tom Slaughter, under death sentence for killing a guard at Tucker prison farm, escaped from the Little Rock penitentiary with six convicts. He armed himself by smuggling a revolver into the death cell and took control, locking up Warden Dempsey and his family before fleeing in Mrs. Dempsey’s car. A pursing posse and a Benton marshal engaged him in a later shootout as he moved toward Hot Springs authorities.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Tom Slaughter
Tucker
Slaughter
Phillips County
L. H. Dempsey
Dempsey
Benton
Hot Springs
Bandit Fractures Skull in Fall as Cops Wage Battle
In Chicago on December 9, Policeman James Ammons and Watchman Eugene Marcus exchanged shots with a burglar believed to be William Kelley. Kelley fell during the escape, fracturing his skull and was captured by another officer. Ammons and Marcus suffered bullet wounds to the right arm.
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Bandit
Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
James Ammons
Eugene Marcus
William Kelley
Kelley
Ammons
Marcus
Beverly Glen resident links Burch to Aug. murder in Glen
Mrs. Elizabeth Besanty testified she saw Arthur C. Burch in the Beverly Glen area the night J. Belton Kennedy was killed. She described Kennedy driving to a cottage with Madalynne Obenchain, hearing two shots, a man saying Ive got him, and a roadster like the one Burch rented.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Elizabeth Besanty
Beverly Glenn
J. Belton Kennedy
Arthur C. Burch
Glen
Burch
Madalynne Obenchain
Alumni banquet honors UI leaders in Mason City
University of Iowa alumni in Mason City host tonight’s banquet for Coach Howard Jones Football Captain Elect Locke and Glenn Devine. High school coaches and athletes from surrounding towns attend as guests of honor at the event.
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Towa
Cne Press
Mason City
University of Iowa
Howard Jones
Elect Locke
Glenn Devine
Griffith to Lead Fight to Ratify Irish British Treaty
Dublin reports Arthur Griffith will move to ratify the treaty at the Dail Eireann meeting next Wednesday with De Valera announcing the move. The split within the cabinet and Sinn Fein adds tension as London eyes Griffith Collins and their supporters to carry the agreement through.
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Dail Eireann
Arthur Griffith
de Valera
Ireland
Griffith
Dail
Young Bloods
Dublin
Associated Press
Great Britain
Dail Bireann
Dail Publicity Department
London
Famonn de Valera
Austin Stack
Charles Burgess
Desmond Fitzgerald
Liam Mellowes
Countess Markiewicz
Michael Collins
Sinn Fein
Sinn
Eamonn de Valera
Murderer Pays Penalty in Electric Chair
Richmond Virginia December 9 Dr Wilmer Amos Hadley army surgeon and ranchman was executed in the electric chair at the state penitentiary for the murder of his wife Mrs Sue Tinsley Hadley in November 1918. Prison attendants said he faced death calmly and stoically.
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Richmond
Wilmer Amos Hadley
State Penitentiary
Sue Tinsley Hadley
Hadley
Fire damages Fowler Packing plant in Kansas City
A blaze at the Fowler Packing plant in Kansas City caused several thousand dollars in damage. No injuries are reported and the cause is under investigation. Local fire crews responded quickly to contain the blaze.
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Kansas City
Fowler Packing
Kansas
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